=====Mathematics 241 - Spring 2016=====

==== Homework ====

**Section 8.2**

Exercise Set B: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

**Section 8.4**

Exercise Set D: 1

**Section 9.1**

Exercise Set A: 6, 8, 9, 10

**Section 9.2**

Exercise Set B: 1, 

**Section 9.3**

Exercise Set C: 1, 2, 4

**Section 9.4**

Exercise Set D: 1, 2

**Section 9.5**

Exercise Set E: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Also:

The file [[http://dananne.org/fu/courses/math-241/R/pearson.txt|http://dananne.org/fu/courses/math-241/R/pearson.txt]] contains the data from Karl Pearson's study of the heights of 1078 fathers and sons discussed in Section 8.1. The data is in a table, with the first column labeled "Father" and the second column labeled "Son". Find the correlation coefficient $r$ of the heights of fathers and sons.

Notes: If you use RStudio to directly import this file, change the "Separator" selection from "Tab" to "Whitespace".

Answer:

$r = 0.5013$